The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1887-10-05
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Their .,daptability 70 an climates az
Conditions.

Conditions.
1t has frequently been remarked, says
the Jewish World, that the Jewish race
has wonderful power Of adaptation tc
all climates. Jews are found in all parts
of the globe, and seem to possess q very
remarkable faculty for acc!imatizatlon,
even under the most unfaTorable clrcum-
stances. lIesopota1nia is considered the
mother country of the Abrahamic family
as well as the cradle Of the human race.
Some years ago @ small colony OF Jews
were foundin in the ancient city Of Sennar,
in the South Of Mesopotau-i,i, and in The
vicinity OF ancient Babylon. OF the Sc
venty families composing the colony, one
claimed to be descended I1om King Joa-
chin, the rest from the house Of Levi.
4 colony OF Jews appear TO have settled
in China about the beginning OF the third
century OF the Christian era, under the
dynasty of Han. IN 1904, Father Con
zani, Roman Catholic missionary, found
seven Jewish families near Pekin.
In 1856 Portuguese jew Of Amster-
dam, named DePaTia, discovered q sect
of Jews in Cochin China. According to
tradition preserved among them, they
were descended from q tribe al Jews who
had Quilted Palestine on the destruction
of the second temple. From their long
residence in Cochin they had become
completely bronzed. These are not the
same as the 5Ialabar Jews. The jewish
traveller Benjamin, sometimes called Ben
janin the Second, discovered a colony of
Jews, evidently OF Persian origin, IN
Hindostan. They were known as ''Bab-
vlonian Jews, on account of their having
migrated from Babylonia. They OBJ
served the essential rites Of Judaism, and
strictly avoided intermarriage with other
sects. In The beginning Of the seven,
teenth century Jewish colony settled
in CAYENNE, in the West Indies, one OF
the most ;nhospitable climates IN South
America. Cayenne WAS subsequently
conquered by the French, who made 1t a
penal settlement, and the Jewish colony
was forced to retire to Surinam.
Notwithstanding frequent prosecutions
Jews are still found in Persia, moro es-
pecially to the South OF the Caspian Sea,
where the soil is very fertile, but the eli
mate very unhealthy. The principal city
is Balprosh, where about l5O Jewish IA
miles reside IN almost complete Isolation.
They trade with their brethren III Great
Tartary, and are engaged in the wool
and silk trade or in The sale OF cltrons.
They, too, trace their origin from the
Babylonian captivity; for, according 10
a tradition still possessed among them,
their ancestors settled in Persia IN the
time of NebuchaGneZzar, and Gld not re-
spond to the appeal OF Ezra to return to
return to Palestine. Their mode OF HE
resembles that of the Persians in general:
They hold the beard in high esteem and
wesr long flowing robes. They have
several synagcgues, and obtain scrolls OF
the law from Baedad. The celebrated
African traveller, Mungo Park, found
colony of Jewish families IN the heart OF
Africa, about 500 miles from the coast.
1t is, no doubt, this popularity OF the
Jewish race Which induced French
writer on s.Meaical Geography to ex-
press the opinion that lit is questionable
whether the crossing Of human varieties
confers on the issue constant advantages
in relation to the species, for the Jewish
race seems in wonderful manner capa-
bic OF adapting itself to every change OF
climate, while others are scarcely able to
bear the least change.
The Jew is found III every part OF the
world-in Europe, from Norway to Glib
raltar; in Africa, from Agiers go the
Cape Of Good Hope; in Asia, IRON Co
chin to the Caucasus, from Jatfa to Pekln.
He has peopled Australia, and has given
proof Of his powers OF acclimatlzatlon
under the tropics, when people OF Euro
pean origin have constantly failed to
perpetuate themselves.